diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'urpmi.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | urpmi.8 | 84 |
1 files changed, 84 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/urpmi.8 b/urpmi.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ca3e259d --- /dev/null +++ b/urpmi.8 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.TH urpmi 8 "18 Nov 1999" "Mandrakesoft" "Linux-Mandrake" +.IX urpmi +.SH NAME +urpmi \- rpm wrapper making installs easier for the user +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B urpmi +[--auto] +package_name +[package_names...] +.SH DESCRIPTION +urpmi enables non-superuser install of rpms. In fact, it only authorizes +well-known rpms to be installed. + +You can compare rpm vs. urpmi with insmod vs. modprobe +.PP +All users belonging to group urpmi are allowed to install packages. +.br +Just launch urpmi followed by what you think is the name of the package(s), and urpmi will: +.br +\- Propose different package names if availables and quit. +.br +\- If found only one Package corresponding, check wether dependencies are already installed or not. +.br +\- If not, propose to install the dependencies and then install all required dependencies and the package. +.PP +Note that urpmi handle installations from various medias (ftp, local and nfs volumes, removable medias such as CDROMs) and is able to install dependencies from a media different from the package's media. If necessary, urpmi asks you to insert the required media. +.PP +To add a new media containing rpms run urpmi.addmedia. +.br +To remove a media use urpmi.removemedia. +.br +To update the packages list (for example when the ftp archive changed) use urpmi.update. +.br +To automatically install a package corresponding to an executable you tried to launch, use autoirpm. +.br +To install all available menu entries of all known packages, use autoirpm-icons. +.SH OPTION +.IP "\fB\--auto\fP" +installs all required dependencies without asking. +.SH FILES +/usr/bin/urpmi +.br +The \fBurpmi\fP executable (perl script) +.PP +/etc/urpmi/list.* +.br +Contains the list of all packages known by urpmi and their location. There is one filelist per media(*). +.PP +/etc/urpmi/hdlist.* +.br +Contain information about all known packages, it's a summary of rpm headers. There is one filelist per media(*). +.PP +/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg +.br +Contains one line <\fIname\fP> <\fIurl\fP> per media. +.PP +/etc/urpmi/depslist +.br +A simple text file containning all dependencies of all known packages. +.PP +/etc/urpmi/depslist +.br +The same but in html format, user readable. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +urpmi.addmedia(8), +urpmi.removemedia(8), +urpmi.update(8), +autoirpm(8), +autoirpm-icons(8), +gurpmi(8), +rpmdrake(8) +.SH AUTHOR +Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft +.br +pixel@mandrakesoft.com + + + + + + + + + |